Murang'a County Executive Committee member in charge of Water Paul Macharia was on Sunday morning involved in a road accident along Kenol-Murang'a road.
The county official was rushed to the Murang'a General Hospital where doctors are attending to him.
The car he was driving is reported to have crashed into a tree that was beside the road at Kaharati area after he lost control of the vehicle.
One man who was with the county executive died on the spot.
A video obtained by Kenyans.co.ke shows rescuers trying to help out at the scene of the accident.
This seems to be a dark weekend for counties as another CEC lost his life after being shot at Kendu Bay.
The Homa Bay CEC for Transport and Infrastructure Philemon Dony Opar was attacked by gunmen as he was going about his duties at his petrol station.
Reports indicated that his assailants had been trailing him for a while. They made away with an undisclosed amount of money, the deceased's mobile phones, and a laptop.
Prior to his death, the county official had disclosed that he feared for his life.
"I'd like to tell the Chief who's here with us today that there is motorbike that moves around this village from 2am to 4am. It doesn't have headlights. We've seen it.
"Yesterday, they flashed lights in my home. I wondered what they were after. I know who sent them," he had divulged at a past meeting.
Watch the video of the accident scene.
